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Chapter Quiz
Introductory
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Question 1
The first archaeologists were not interested in __________.
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Multiple Choice
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See the section "How Archaeology Began" in Chapter 1.
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artifacts for their personal collections
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adventure
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fame and fortune
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studying human behavior in the past
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casual collection
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Question 2
The publication of biologist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 caused a
rethinking of __________.
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Multiple Choice
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See the section "The Antiquity of Humankind" in Chapter 1.
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human origins
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the exact date of Creation
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geological processes
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the age of the earth
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the genetic basis of life
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Question 3
Alexander Conze and other German archaeologists working on sites such as Olympia,
Greece, turned excavation from treasure hunting into __________.
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Question 4
See the section "The Origins of Scientific Archaeology" in Chapter 1.
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a controversial business
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a process of recording the past
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reporting of sensational discoveries
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archaeological theory
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tourist attractions
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What is archaeology?
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See the section "Archaeology and Prehistory" in Chapter 1.
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an adventurous pursuit of spectacular jewelry and treasures
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the identification of murder victims from fragmentary skeletal
remains
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the scientific study of ancient human behavior based on the
surviving material remains of the past
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classification and comparisons of fossil bones to identify links
between modern humans and their ancestors
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the study of living populations in order to better understand the
variation in human cultures
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Question 5
What types of evidence do archaeologists primarily use to reconstruct and interpret the
past?
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See the section "Archaeology and Prehistory" in Chapter 1.
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historical data
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material remains
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oral tradition
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writing systems
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the Bible
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Question 6
Following World War II, scientific archaeology experienced a revolution in its ability to
reconstruct the past with the use of __________.
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "The Origins of Scientific Archaeology" in Chapter 1.
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trench excavation
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radiocarbon dating
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underwater archaeology
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biblical chronologies
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ground penetrating radar
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Question 7
The type of archaeology concerned with management and assessment of the significance
of cultural resources, such as archaeological sites, is called __________.
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See the section "Archaeology and Prehistory" in Chapter 1.
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cultural resource management
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historical archaeology
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government archaeological management
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salvage archaeology
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prehistoric anthropology
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Question 8
Which specialization in archaeology is primarily concerned with studying the remains of the
great ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome?
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "A Short Guide to Archaeological Diversity" in Chapter
1.
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paleoanthropology
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historical archaeology
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classical archaeology
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underwater archaeology
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biblical archaeology
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Question 9
World prehistory is specifically concerned with four major developments of the past. Which
of the following is NOT one of these developments?
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "Major Developments in Human Prehistory" in Chapter
1.
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the origins of food production
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the development of industrialized societies
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the origins of state-organized societies
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the origins of humankind
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the evolution of pre-modern humans
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Question 10
In addition to enabling us to study the most remote human origins, archaeology allows us to
understand all of the following EXCEPT __________.
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "Archaeology and Human Diversity" in Chapter 1.
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the reasons some societies developed agriculture and/or highly
complex urban civilizations
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how bronze and iron smelting affected human history
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the reasons some societies vanished without a trace
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the ever-changing biological and cultural diversity of humankind
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the basis for biological determinism
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Question 11
The past has always served the present because every society manufactures __________.
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Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 12
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See the section "Archaeology as a Political Tool" in Chapter 1.
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oral traditions
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heritage
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cultural perspective
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art
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history
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What do archaeologists use to explain the past as well as describe it?
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Type:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "Archaeology as a Political Tool" in Chapter 1.
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archaeological theory
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historical documents
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material remains
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oral histories
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modern cultural knowledge
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Question 13
What is the application of archaeological methods to the study of modern garbage dumps
called?
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "Garbagology" in Chapter 1.
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modern archaeology
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contemporary anthropological theory
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garbagology
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prehistoric anthropology
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salvage archaeology
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Question 14
Since most societies of the past were non-literate, how did they transmit knowledge and
history?
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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See the section "Who Needs The Past?" in Chapter 1.
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unwritten records
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political propaganda
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Question 15
cultural values
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oral traditions
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they weren't able to transmit knowledge or history
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Archaeology is a unique way of studying culture change __________.
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Type:
Multiple Choice
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See the Summary in Chapter 1.
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over short periods of time
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with the changing environment
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when the earth was forming
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over long periods of time
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before historical time
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